Mel Tavares is an accomplished freelancer. She has operated her own company for 15 years and has been contracted as a researcher, technical writer, content writer, and journalist. She has written over 10,000 internet content articles, is a book author, and has written hundreds of newspaper articles for publication. She is an experienced 20 year veteran conference and workshop speaker/teacher. Mel lives in Middletown, Connecticut with her husband, Joe, and their teenage son. They are active in their local church. She cherishes time spent with the adult kids and their spouses, as well as all of